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Sovereign and corporate credit risk: Evidence from the Eurozone

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  • Mascia Bedendo

    (Audencia Business School)

  • Paolo Colla

    (Bocconi University - Bocconi University [Milan, Italy])

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We study the impact of sovereign risk on the credit risk of the non-financial corporate sector in the Eurozone using credit default swap data. We show that an increase in sovereign credit spreads is associated with a statistically and economically significant increase in corporate spreads and, hence, firms' borrowing costs. A deterioration in a country's credit quality affects more adversely firms that are more likely to benefit from government aid, those whose sales are more concentrated in the domestic market, and those that rely more heavily on bank financing. Our findings suggest that government guarantees, domestic demand, and credit markets are important credit risk transmission mechanisms.

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  • Mascia Bedendo & Paolo Colla, 2015. "Sovereign and corporate credit risk: Evidence from the Eurozone," Post-Print hal-01157174, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01157174
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.04.006
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    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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